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It started with a piss – Part Two

23rd January 2020 Tom Pudding 3024 Comments

First off, aorta explain that the above pun doesn’t really work when the blood vessel that is the subject of these articles is an artery and not a vein but try as I will, I [more…]

My adventure in A & E

30th December 2019 Going Postal 3399 Comments

I blame Tom Pudding’s excellent article on his experiences in an NHS hospital for penning this report on my adventure in A & E this June. It started with me having what is called a [more…]

It started with a piss

19th December 2019 Tom Pudding 1632 Comments

I don’t know why, but for me medical problems always seem to occur at the most inconvenient times possible, usually on a Saturday evening. And so it was one Saturday in late October 2019 when [more…]

Dear Local MP – At This Special Time

11th December 2019 Viciousbutfair 3936 Comments

Just to explain, I was more incensed than usual, just very recently, at a propaganda sheet pushed through my letterbox. It was from my local MP, I’ve not named the constituency but it is easily [more…]

Larry’s Diary Week Fourteen

8th December 2019 Going Postal 2008 Comments

Monday As usual it’s been a fairly uneventful weekend here on the Downing Street estate. I caught sight of a mouse in the garden yesterday, but it shot into the Foreign Office so I left [more…]

Diabetes – NHS under pressure

27th November 2019 Lugosi 2770 Comments

What is it they don’t understand? We all know that the NHS is either creaking or broken. Your opinion of the NHS is based on your experience and reports in the media. I have both [more…]

Preventing age and ageing? Better not, sez I!

20th November 2019 Going Postal 2044 Comments

I’m old. I should therefore welcome all news about the latest wonder drugs which are claimed to stop ageing or even reverse it. Allegedly. Well – they would if you’re a mouse. If you don’t [more…]

Back Pain

8th November 2019 Lugosi 2065 Comments

I know I have touted for sympathy at GP for my recent back/leg pain and I am grateful for your support. There is an old saying that to understand someone else’s perspective you should walk [more…]

Red Tape

21st July 2019 Going Postal 24083 Comments

As some of you may remember my Mother died back at the end of March. She was nearly 100 so it was not really unexpected but when it did happen it was not helped by [more…]